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The president of Arcadia University is fired without warning. Now, students at the Glenside, Montgomery County campus are asking why? NBC10's Katy Zachry has details. (Published Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013)

Updated at 12:18 AM EST on Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013

The president of Arcadia University is out of a job tonight.

In a press release, the Montgomery County private college announced that Carl (Tobey) Oxholm III was out as president after less than two years at the helm.

The Board of Trustees of the Glenside, Pa.-based private institution voted out Oxholm, effective last Friday, and named vice president Dr. Nicolette DeVille Christensen as Chief Operating Officer, she wasn’t named president.

No reason was given for Oxholm’s dismissal and with students on spring break there were few on campus to talk about the matter.

In a letter sent to alumni the Board thanked Oxholm "for his service to Arcadia, and for the many accomplishments the University has experienced during his tenure."

Christensen’s work as executive director of the College of Global Studies was heralded in the university’s press release. In the alumni letter, Board of Trustees chair Margaret Wright Steele said that the Board is "confident that Dr. Christensen will move the University forward in a positive direction."